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Definition of Downstrokes
1. downstroke [n] - See also: downstroke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downstrokes
Literary usage of Downstrokes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Show-card Writing, Prepared in the Extension by Lawrence E. Blair (1922)
"were thin and the downstrokes broad. The modern forms of the Roman alphabet ...
As nearly all of the vertical strokes are downstrokes, these strokes are ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Handwriting: A Practical Manual for the Guidance by John Jackson (1894)
"It would lead too far to pursue in detail the process of movement in writing, in
order to explain the agreement of the downstrokes with their lines of ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Handwriting: A Practical Manual for the Guidance by John Jackson (1893)
"It would lead too far to pursue in detail the process of movement in writing, in
order to explain the agreement of the downstrokes with their lines of ..."
4. Diseases of the heart by James Mackenzie (1908)
"The downstrokes in the space As represent the auricular waves (a) in the jugular,
and the downstrokes in the space Va represent the carotid waves c, ..."
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